Wedding reception etiquette

If there is no wedding reception etiquette,  there will be no human in the world.

wedding reception etiquette is important for everybody. There are a lot of articles about wedding now on the internet. This page is to provide in formation about wedding reception etiquette.

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And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

The wedding custom is different even at different village near to each other in China. Of course, they are similar. But it is very often that people are confused in a wedding a few miles away from home.

Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;

Uncles of your mother should be called Jiu. Chinese does not differ elder brother and younger brother of mother side.

Most wedding ceremony is in hotel room in the USA. In China, most ceremony is in the new couple's home. The bedroom of the new couple's home is called cave room. Right after the ceremony, the bride should go into the cave room. The broom can not go there until all guest left.

Wedding ceremony is different from place to place. But for most place, the ceremony include a person announce the broom and bride as a couple.

Grandfather means father of mother or father. In Chinese father of your father is called Ye Ye. Father of your mother is called Lao Ye or Wai Gong.

And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.

In China, one can not call a senior or older relative their names. They should be call as something like uncle, ant, grandma and so on. Calling a senior relative as Mr. something is regarded as very impolite.

In English, ant means the sister of your father or mother. In Chinese, sister of your father should be called Gu. Sister of your mother should be called Yi.

In English, uncle means the brother of your father or mother. But in Chinese, brothers of your father or mother are made very clear. If a person is an elder brother of your father, you should call him Bo Fu or Da Ye. If a person is a younger brother of your father, you should call him Shu Shu.

The reason why Chinese make it so clear is that in the long history of China, there are 2000 years that China is a feudal society. A feudal society is highly hierarchical.

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